Nancy Pelosi Leads The News Among Democrats. Number 2 May Surprise You

9:33 AM 02/11/2019 | Politics

Evie Fordham | Politics and Health Care Reporter

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has gained the most media buzz compared to her fellow Democrats, but the second-most newsworthy Democrat is a freshman congresswoman from New York: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Ocasio-Cortez is not a major leader in the party or a 2020 presidential candidate, but she attracted the second-highest overall traffic between Jan. 3 and Feb. 10, according to an analysis of Parse.ly by Axios.

Even though she tweets almost as often as Trump, 40 percent of her views come from Facebook, while less than 3 percent come from Twitter, according to Parse.ly.

But what is Ocasio-Cortez making news about? Axios reported she has mentioned the phrase #GreenNewDeal more than any other, according to software company Quorum. She posted about it 68 times in a month. She is able to amplify what she posts about because “coverage of Ocasio-Cortez is more likely to be picked up by news websites from social media than any other Dem,” according to Axios.

Followed by members of the media, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leaves a news conference at the East Front of the U.S. Capitol February 7, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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